DENG101 Communication Skills

181 Pages·2011·1.11 MB·English

Communication Skills-I
DENG101
Editor
Dr. Digvijay Pandya
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COMMUNICATION SKILLS-I
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Dr. Digvijay Pandya
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CONTENTS
Unit 1: Simple Rules of Pronunciation and Intonation 1
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Unit 2: Theme Based Vocabulary Building 8
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Unit 3: Antonyms, Synonyms and Homonyms 17
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Unit 4: Listening Skills 32
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Unit 5: Note Taking & Note Making 40
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Unit 6: Practising Listening Skills 57
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Unit 7: Comprehension Passages 67
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Unit 8: News and Magazine Articles 77
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Unit 9: Poems 93
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Unit 10: Kinds of Sentences 98
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Unit 11: Articles, Nouns, Adjectives and Adverbs 112
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Unit 12: Prepositions 128
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Unit 13: Basic Cohesive Paragraph Writing 135
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Unit 14: Resume Writing 154
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Unit 15: Job Application Writing and Acceptance Letters 161
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SYLLABUS
Communication Skills-I
Objectives:
 Develop interest in literary works.
 Improve student's basic grammar, sentence construction and vocabulary.
 Hone writing skills.
 Build confidence in public speaking.
S.No. Description
1. Speaking skills: to enhance the basic speaking skills, one needs apt word and the correct pronunciation.
1. Simple rules of pronunciation and intonation
2. Theme based vocabulary building
3. Antonyms/Synonyms/Homonyms
2. Listening skills: to enhance correct understanding of the language being spoken and to give apt responses in
return where required.

4. Types of listening and Traits of a good listener
5. Note taking
6. Exercises Practising Listening Skills – talk shows , commentaries, etc., followed by identifying the theme,
supporting ideas, or and digressions if any
3. Reading skills: to enhance independent reading, comprehension and quick reading of any given texts + aesthetic
appreciation

7. comprehension passages
8. news/magazine articles on stereotype topics and/or current topics
9. 2 poems – Abu Ben Adhem. The Tiger
4. Writing skills: to reinforce the grammatical structures
10. Grammar – Kinds of sentences – Positive, negative, statement, interrogative and exclamatory [learn the
functional aspects of these sentences – when are they used, how are they structured etc.]
11. Articles and nouns – Countable/uncountable, Names with and without THE Adjectives/Adverbs –
[describing things, adding information, circumstances ]
12. Prepositions of time/place/reason – in , on, at , into , to , for , of, about, with, after etc.
5. Writing skills: to enhance formally structured effective official writing
13. Basic cohesive paragraph writing
14. Note making,
15. Resume writing
16. Job application writing/acceptance letter

Ajoy Batta, Lovely Professional University Unit 1: Simple Rules of Pronunciation and Intonation
Unit 1: Simple Rules of Pronunciation and Intonation Notes
CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
1.1 Simple Rules for Pronunciation and Intonation
1.2 We can only stress vowels, not Consonants
1.3 Summary
1.4 Keywords
1.5 Self Assessment
1.6 Review Questions
1.7 Further Readings
Objectives
After studying this unit, you will be able to:
(cid:122) Learn rules of pronunciation
(cid:122) Assess the importance of intonation
Introduction
Pronunciation refers to the way a word or a language is spoken, or the manner in which someone
speaks a word. If one is said to have “correct pronunciation”, then it refers to both within a
particular dialect. A word can be pronounced in different ways by various individuals or groups.
It depends on many factors including the area in which they grew up, the area in which they
now live, if they have a speech or voice disorder, their ethnic group, their social class, or their
education.
Intonation is the rising and falling sounds of the voice when speaking.
1.1 Simple Rules for Pronunciation and Intonation
Pronunciation
The sounds represented here are those of British English spoken with an R.P.. (Received
Pronounciation) accent. Other varieties of English differ considerably in pronunciation.
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Notes
Online link www.ethnologue.com
Many people think that pronunciation is what makes up an accent. It may be that pronunciation
is very important for an understandable accent. But it is intonation that gives the fi nal touch that
makes an accent native.
Intonation is known as the use of pitch or tone in a sentence to convey meaning or emotion.
Although the term when strictly used applies only to the pitch of speech, it is sometimes used
loosely to indicate also the emphasis and pacing used in the spoken language.
Intonation is the “music” of a language, and is perhaps the most important element of a good
accent. Often we hear someone speaking with perfect grammar, and perfect formation of
the sounds of English but with a little something that gives them away as not being a native
speaker.
Therefore, it is necessary to realize that there is more than the correct pronunciation of the vowels
and consonants of a language. This is very important and we do stress it in other articles. But it is
only one of the three components to an accent, pronunciation, intonation, and linking.
There are two very simple rules about word stress:
Example: One word has only one stress. (One word cannot have two stresses. If you
hear two stresses, you hear two words. Two stresses cannot be one word. It is true that there can
be a “secondary” stress in some words. But a secondary stress is much smaller than the main
[primary] stress, and is only used in long words.)
1.2 We can only Stress Vowels, not Consonants
Here are some more, that can help you understand where to put the stress. But do not rely on
them too much, because there are many exceptions. It is better to try to “feel” the music of the
language and to add the stress naturally.
Rule 1: Stress on fi rst syllable
Rule Example
Most 2-syllable nouns PRESent, EXport, CHIna, TAble
Most 2-syllable adjectives PRESent, SLENder, CLEVer, HAPpy
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